Genesis 42:32

We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.’

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In The King James Version

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

In Context

31But we told him, ‘We are honest men, not spies.

33Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:13But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”

Matthew Henry on Genesis 42:30-38

The Report Made to Jacob. ( b. c. 1706.) 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that… Read the whole commentary →

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